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Employment: Under 25s

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, Director General for ONS, to Lord Roberts of Llandudno, dated June 2012.

As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking how many job vacancies for those aged between 16 and 25 were available in each parliamentary constituency in May 2012 (HL1033); how many jobseekers aged between 16 and 25 there were in the United Kingdom in May 2012 (HL1034); how many job vacancies for those aged 26 and over were available in each parliamentary constituency in May 2012(HL1035).

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates the number of vacancies from the ONS Vacancy Survey, however estimates for geographic areas below UK are not available from this source.

An alternative source of information on job vacancies is administrative data from Jobcentre Plus. This data only includes job vacancies notified to Jobcentre Plus and consequently is inconsistent with the UK estimates from the Vacancy Survey, however geographical area breakdowns of this data are available. Currently Jobcentre Plus vacancies account for around half of the total number of vacancies as reported by the Vacancy Survey.

Vacancies are not provided on the basis of the age of people they are available for. Therefore no age breakdown is possible.

In Table 1, we have provided the number of live unfilled Jobcentre Plus vacancies for May 2012, the most recent for which figures are available for each parliamentary constituency within the UK. We have also provided a figure excluding vacancies which advertise self employment opportunities.

Figures on the number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) are available from Jobcentre Plus administrative data. The number of people aged 16 to 24 claiming JSA resident in the UK in May 2012 was 456k.

National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at http://www.nomisweb.co.uk.

Table 1: Number of live unfilled Jobcentre Plus vacancies by Parliamentary Constituency, May 2012
North East
Berwick-upon-Tweed	296	281
Bishop Auckland	309	258
Blaydon	310	308
Blyth Valley	363	289
City of Durham	489	437
Darlington	548	491
Easington	367	363
Gateshead	640	580
Hartlepool	358	270
Hexham	307	250
Houghton and Sunderland South	338	329
Jarrow	290	288
Middlesbrough	816	686
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	149	139
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	932	659
Newcastle upon Tyne East	348	295
Newcastle upon Tyne North	457	452
North Durham	375	358
North Tyneside	433	368
North West Durham	194	182
Redcar	439	425
Sedgefield	239	235
South Shields	257	230
Stockton North	440	358
Stockton South	479	471
Sunderland Central	486	411
Tynemouth	275	250
Wansbeck	209	153
Washington and Sunderland West	497	471
North West
Altrincham and Sale West	763	596
Ashton-under-Lyne	239	204
Barrow and Furness	261	236
Birkenhead	399	308
Blackburn	675	535
Blackley and Broughton	423	282
Blackpool North and Cleveleys	356	239
Blackpool South	791	527
Bolton North East	538	375
Bolton South East	286	253
Bolton West	347	188
Bootle	249	168
Burnley	403	274
Bury North	350	247
Bury South	222	183
Carlisle	376	209
Cheadle	399	349
Chorley	408	345
City of Chester	1,148	898
Congleton	503	442
Copeland	198	171
Crewe and Nantwich	1,043	856
Denton and Reddish	382	370
Eddisbury	642	604
Ellesmere Port and Neston	636	554
Fylde	414	386
Garston and Halewood	368	336
Halton	541	465
Hazel Grove	333	289
Heywood and Middleton	744	649
Hyndburn	372	317
Knowsley	362	340
Lancaster and Fleetwood	451	319
Leigh	307	275
Liverpool, Riverside	1,653	1,264
Liverpool, Walton	850	779
Liverpool, Wavertree	506	482
Liverpool, West Derby	211	180
Macclesfield	532	469
Makerfield	267	252
Manchester Central	2,781	2,332
Manchester, Gorton	270	225
Manchester, Withington	360	327
Morecambe and Lunesdale	287	261
Oldham East and Saddleworth	451	379
Oldham West and Royton	512	437
Pendle	279	269
Penrith and The Border	378	268
Preston	906	721
Ribble Valley	417	353
Rochdale	416	331
Rossendale and Darwen	270	217
Salford and Eccles	974	846
Sefton Central	121	114
South Ribble	392	374
Southport	481	411
St Helens North	541	440
St Helens South and Whiston	542	473
Stalybridge and Hyde	187	183
Stockport	957	865
Stretford and Urmston	1,255	1,153
Tatton	1,044	985
Wallasey	201	185
Warrington North	523	474
Warrington South	960	805
Weaver Vale	653	562
West Lancashire	730	655
Westmorland and Lonsdale	513	441
Wigan	960	598
Wirral South	260	245
Wirral West	112	85
Workington	172	166
Worsley and Eccles South	234	181
Wyre and Preston North	276	265
Wythenshawe and Sale East	635	449
Yorkshire and The Humber
Barnsley Central	313	241
Barnsley East	159	133
Batley and Spen	480	445
Beverley and Holderness	244	171
Bradford East	497	370
Bradford South	395	306
Bradford West	830	640
Brigg and Goole	291	243
Calder Valley	550	488
Cleethorpes	364	300
Colne Valley	203	181
Dewsbury	367	259
Don Valley	200	188
Doncaster Central	791	522
Doncaster North	166	142
East Yorkshire	250	198
Elmet and Rothwell	291	244
Great Grimsby	437	299
Halifax	567	411
Haltemprice and Howden	137	134
Harrogate and Knaresborough	749	621
Hemsworth	272	238
Huddersfield	544	420
Keighley	362	276
Kingston upon Hull East	160	90
Kingston upon Hull North	123	94
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	606	387
Leeds Central	2,550	2,045
Leeds East	243	161
Leeds North East	189	139
Leeds North West	353	338
Leeds West	275	195
Morley and Outwood	526	402
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford	540	452
Penistone and Stocksbridge	208	150
Pudsey	434	270
Richmond (Yorks)	606	562
Rother Valley	273	247
Rotherham	502	459
Scarborough and Whitby	582	503
Scunthorpe	453	332
Selby and Ainsty	759	713
Sheffield Central	1,215	980
Sheffield South East	308	224
Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough	226	200
Sheffield, Hallam	56	53
Sheffield, Heeley	100	96
Shipley	374	311
Skipton and Ripon	538	479
Thirsk and Malton	454	396
Wakefield	749	609
Wentworth and Dearne	297	263
York Central	780	595
York Outer	597	564
East Midlands
Amber Valley	832	750
Ashfield	621	579
Bassetlaw	645	578
Bolsover	595	591
Boston and Skegness	651	502
Bosworth	456	434
Broxtowe	291	249
Charnwood	308	293
Chesterfield	408	358
Corby	704	627
Daventry	997	770
Derby North	302	274
Derby South	1,188	773
Derbyshire Dales	527	498
Erewash	487	458
Gainsborough	311	264
Gedling	295	213
Grantham and Stamford	564	466
Harborough	369	347
High Peak	318	282
Kettering	745	681
Leicester East	352	339
Leicester South	1,444	910
Leicester West	436	385
Lincoln	959	634
Loughborough	607	564
Louth and Horncastle	630	494
Mansfield	609	482
Mid Derbyshire	302	233
Newark	839	688
North East Derbyshire	223	218
North West Leicestershire	947	884
Northampton North	225	216
Northampton South	1,007	518
Nottingham East	694	377
Nottingham North	224	208
Nottingham South	1,436	1,096
Rushcliffe	633	576
Rutland and Melton	540	524
Sherwood	493	482
Sleaford and North Hykeham	668	580
South Derbyshire	410	316
South Holland and The Deepings	404	382
South Leicestershire	1,142	1,087
South Northamptonshire	648	584
Wellingborough	1,126	497
West Midlands
Aldridge-Brownhills	453	450
Birmingham, Edgbaston	521	424
Birmingham, Erdington	494	437
Birmingham, Hall Green	321	307
Birmingham, Hodge Hill	259	232
Birmingham, Ladywood	2,372	1,645
Birmingham, Northfield	239	228
Birmingham, Perry Barr	285	236
Birmingham, Selly Oak	320	244
Birmingham, Yardley	557	471
Bromsgrove	594	556
Burton	642	541
Cannock Chase	531	383
Coventry North East	784	559
Coventry North West	376	318
Coventry South	1,404	943
Dudley North	383	328
Dudley South	369	350
Halesowen and Rowley Regis	512	401
Hereford and South Herefordshire	398	324
Kenilworth and Southam	644	482
Lichfield	793	764
Ludlow	380	321
Meriden	512	440
Mid Worcestershire	840	775
Newcastle-under-Lyme	665	549
North Herefordshire	224	194
North Shropshire	481	426
North Warwickshire	1,111	822
Nuneaton	375	333
Redditch	526	465
Rugby	622	514
Shrewsbury and Atcham	567	499
Solihull	1,050	883
South Staffordshire	533	503
Stafford	693	569
Staffordshire Moorlands	184	184
Stoke-on-Trent Central	760	579
Stoke-on-Trent North	482	446
Stoke-on-Trent South	786	737
Stone	687	625
Stourbridge	349	331
Stratford-on-Avon	735	670
Sutton Coldfield	317	211
Tamworth	647	558
Telford	758	569
The Wrekin	387	369
Walsall North	596	492
Walsall South	459	351
Warley	364	305
Warwick and Leamington	703	471
West Bromwich East	310	235
West Bromwich West	825	806
West Worcestershire	396	343
Wolverhampton North East	838	613
Wolverhampton South East	520	477
Wolverhampton South West	254	185
Worcester	653	552
Wyre Forest	493	403
East of England
Basildon and Billericay	452	322
Bedford	550	412
Braintree	630	442
Brentwood and Ongar	364	317
Broadland	436	332
Broxbourne	604	540
Bury St Edmunds	652	483
Cambridge	1,254	959
Castle Point	189	173
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	337	257
Chelmsford	745	554
Clacton	382	365
Colchester	829	751
Epping Forest	469	293
Great Yarmouth	348	331
Harlow	425	358
Harwich and North Essex	363	355
Hemel Hempstead	623	596
Hertford and Stortford	497	409
Hertsmere	360	352
Hitchin and Harpenden	287	210
Huntingdon	692	603
Ipswich	579	403
Luton North	85	77
Luton South	681	491
Maldon	271	177
Mid Bedfordshire	232	195
Mid Norfolk	186	178
North East Bedfordshire	244	182
North East Cambridgeshire	338	189
North East Hertfordshire	399	324
North Norfolk	383	358
North West Cambridgeshire	764	610
North West Norfolk	410	333
Norwich North	534	480
Norwich South	952	776
Peterborough	952	657
Rayleigh and Wickford	149	130
Rochford and Southend East	439	338
Saffron Walden	487	396
South Basildon and East Thurrock	217	199
South Cambridgeshire	491	429
South East Cambridgeshire	526	368
South Norfolk	426	330
South Suffolk	325	265
South West Bedfordshire	511	467
South West Hertfordshire	216	197
South West Norfolk	377	290
Southend West	222	194
St Albans	667	558
Stevenage	923	538
Suffolk Coastal	577	459
Thurrock	659	581
Watford	683	545
Waveney	348	215
Welwyn Hatfield	574	521
West Suffolk	581	389
Witham	414	343
London
Barking	464	345
Battersea	219	202
Beckenham	98	82
Bermondsey and Old Southwark	712	546
Bethnal Green and Bow	407	384
Bexleyheath and Crayford	473	408
Brent Central	467	422
Brent North	267	223
Brentford and Isleworth	564	492
Bromley and Chislehurst	356	314
Camberwell and Peckham	254	231
Carshalton and Wallington	156	143
Chelsea and Fulham	296	259
Chingford and Woodford Green	235	224
Chipping Barnet	185	157
Cities of London and Westminster	3,501	3,222
Croydon Central	531	433
Croydon North	359	252
Croydon South	282	271
Dagenham and Rainham	304	275
Dulwich and West Norwood	114	109
Ealing Central and Acton	606	533
Ealing North	259	255
Ealing, Southall	222	218
East Ham	376	345
Edmonton	326	237
Eltham	57	55
Enfield North	578	551
Enfield, Southgate	204	99
Erith and Thamesmead	344	271
Feltham and Heston	435	325
Finchley and Golders Green	250	158
Greenwich and Woolwich	1,254	1,138
Hackney North and Stoke Newington	125	76
Hackney South and Shoreditch	406	374
Hammersmith	511	421
Hampstead and Kilburn	201	188
Harrow East	190	163
Harrow West	302	251
Hayes and Harlington	784	740
Hendon	513	445
Holborn and St Pancras	911	737
Hornchurch and Upminster	231	212
Hornsey and Wood Green	107	104
Ilford North	224	195
Ilford South	312	234
Islington North	135	125
Islington South and Finsbury	576	522
Kensington	234	213
Kingston and Surbiton	493	448
Lewisham East	412	340
Lewisham West and Penge	219	208
Lewisham, Deptford	350	337
Leyton and Wanstead	181	146
Mitcham and Morden	205	166
Old Bexley and Sidcup	108	88
Orpington	162	116
Poplar and Limehouse	306	282
Putney	144	143
Richmond Park	262	254
Romford	735	649
Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	106	85
Streatham	148	139
Sutton and Cheam	172	139
Tooting	96	91
Tottenham	375	318
Twickenham	318	270
Uxbridge and South Ruislip	455	427
Vauxhall	570	467
Walthamstow	317	286
West Ham	1,484	1,424
Westminster North	123	123
Wimbledon	324	260
South East
Aldershot	695	665
Arundel and South Downs	729	169
Ashford	505	389
Aylesbury	664	553
Banbury	795	721
Basingstoke	659	591
Beaconsfield	631	610
Bexhill and Battle	265	206
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	841	316
Bracknell	400	330
Brighton, Kemptown	623	219
Brighton, Pavilion	403	356
Buckingham	329	276
Canterbury	637	566
Chatham and Aylesford	397	356
Chesham and Amersham	262	227
Chichester	1,280	475
Crawley	1,094	830
Dartford	845	683
Dover	274	208
East Hampshire	397	313
East Surrey	428	387
East Worthing and Shoreham	431	149
Eastbourne	653	256
Eastleigh	498	416
Epsom and Ewell	437	383
Esher and Walton	453	345
Fareham	690	393
Faversham and Mid Kent	512	495
Folkestone and Hythe	396	381
Gillingham and Rainham	96	76
Gosport	345	222
Gravesham	448	415
Guildford	925	840
Hastings and Rye	424	260
Havant	480	358
Henley	373	300
Horsham	510	439
Hove	410	264
Isle of Wight	457	243
Lewes	746	202
Maidenhead	440	296
Maidstone and The Weald	589	502
Meon Valley	312	277
Mid Sussex	608	428
Milton Keynes North	989	810
Milton Keynes South	566	496
Mole Valley	438	355
New Forest East	456	419
New Forest West	427	390
Newbury	1,094	998
North East Hampshire	278	268
North Thanet	275	248
North West Hampshire	622	578
Oxford East	1,398	1,133
Oxford West and Abingdon	831	701
Portsmouth North	457	324
Portsmouth South	974	662
Reading East	734	569
Reading West	378	338
Reigate	574	444
Rochester and Strood	425	343
Romsey and Southampton North	389	371
Runnymede and Weybridge	794	497
Sevenoaks	578	550
Sittingbourne and Sheppey	371	324
Slough	806	781
South Thanet	527	422
South West Surrey	359	319
Southampton, Itchen	1,058	634
Southampton, Test	665	539
Spelthorne	487	353
Surrey Heath	480	373
Tonbridge and Malling	367	344
Tunbridge Wells	515	465
Wantage	601	537
Wealden	496	241
Winchester	604	460
Windsor	642	599
Witney	541	452
Woking	427	381
Wokingham	414	390
Worthing West	610	250
Wycombe	500	441
South West
Bath	719	599
Bournemouth East	760	448
Bournemouth West	1,036	669
Bridgwater and West Somerset	657	508
Bristol East	298	294
Bristol North West	869	833
Bristol South	550	506
Bristol West	1,406	1,122
Camborne and Redruth	248	226
Central Devon	270	256
Cheltenham	563	475
Chippenham	406	314
Christchurch	389	368
Devizes	190	170
East Devon	606	546
Exeter	1,171	831
Filton and Bradley Stoke	527	501
Forest of Dean	169	160
Gloucester	558	429
Kingswood	292	186
Mid Dorset and North Poole	407	383
Newton Abbot	691	518
North Cornwall	408	354
North Devon	430	387
North Dorset	276	272
North East Somerset	179	154
North Somerset	714	685
North Swindon	473	412
North Wiltshire	205	179
Plymouth, Moor View	177	170
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport	767	455
Poole	842	703
Salisbury	719	423
Somerton and Frome	295	228
South Dorset	985	822
South East Cornwall	201	175
South Swindon	643	484
South West Devon	327	287
South West Wiltshire	350	276
St Austell and Newquay	629	454
St Ives	292	229
Stroud	355	322
Taunton Deane	771	630
Tewkesbury	441	396
The Cotswolds	299	287
Thornbury and Yate	617	550
Tiverton and Honiton	563	512
Torbay	591	452
Torridge and West Devon	218	192
Totnes	335	236
Truro and Falmouth	664	554
Wells	511	469
West Dorset	554	420
Weston-Super-Mare	428	350
Yeovil	343	272
Wales
Ynys Mon	182	171
Delyn	263	228
Alyn and Deeside	719	705
Wrexham	669	548
Llanelli	256	195
Gower	216	188
Swansea West	948	688
Swansea East	745	724
Aberavon	310	257
Cardiff Central	684	598
Cardiff North	237	174
Rhondda	187	47
Torfaen	367	294
Monmouth	342	311
Newport East	230	222
Newport West	559	400
Arfon	231	226
Aberconwy	218	199
Clwyd West	421	389
Vale of Clwyd	300	267
Dwyfor Meirionnydd	294	290
Clwyd South	151	135
Montgomeryshire	271	263
Ceredigion	200	173
Preseli Pembrokeshire	209	168
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	462	391
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	179	128
Brecon and Radnorshire	294	270
Neath	208	137
Cynon Valley	224	152
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	182	159
Blaenau Gwent	290	196
Bridgend	989	410
Ogmore	343	136
Pontypridd	307	209
Caerphilly	329	239
Islwyn	219	176
Vale of Glamorgan	437	277
Cardiff West	329	190
Cardiff South and Penarth	616	486
Scotland
Aberdeen North	514	460
Aberdeen South	725	608
Airdrie and Shotts	118	111
Angus	268	245
Argyll and Bute	241	237
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	159	147
Banff and Buchan	171	153
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	182	167
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	84	76
Central Ayrshire	193	191
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	370	337
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East	195	178
Dumfries and Galloway	252	202
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	183	179
Dundee East	156	111
Dundee West	496	361
Dunfermline and West Fife	391	360
East Dunbartonshire	140	122
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow	300	235
East Lothian	351	334
East Renfrewshire	132	94
Edinburgh East	663	504
Edinburgh North and Leith	544	459
Edinburgh South	175	164
Edinburgh South West	475	441
Edinburgh West	541	476
Falkirk	383	320
Glasgow Central	1,218	1,021
Glasgow East	174	153
Glasgow North	152	104
Glasgow North East	183	148
Glasgow North West	385	378
Glasgow South	407	321
Glasgow South West	397	308
Glenrothes	247	191
Gordon	279	265
Inverclyde	228	136
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	570	519
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	225	194
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	292	256
Lanark and Hamilton East	249	197
Linlithgow and East Falkirk	360	283
Livingston	709	595
Midlothian	243	216
Moray	226	216
Motherwell and Wishaw	261	200
Na h-Eileanan An Iar	41	41
North Ayrshire and Arran	138	136
North East Fife	497	349
Ochil and South Perthshire	235	219
Orkney and Shetland	76	69
Paisley and Renfrewshire North	501	445
Paisley and Renfrewshire South	280	207
Perth and North Perthshire	347	312
Ross, Skye and Lochaber	142	125
Rutherglen and Hamilton West	200	165
Stirling	262	238
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	339	326
West Dunbartonshire	192	179
Total	18,457	15,784

Source: Jobcentre Plus Administrative System

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

738 cc84-98WA; HL1034

Session

2012-13

Subjects

Young people Unemployment

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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